Author Topic: More Bad News on DVD Rot (Read 67948 times)

chimpanshane · « **Reply #120 on:** Sep 11, 2009 at 11:21 AM »

Just bought some Silica Gel pack @ Ace Hardware around 71php..approximately 40 pillows.

I put single pillow of Silica Gel in every DVD's

ABCmotorparts · « **Reply #121 on:** Sep 11, 2009 at 01:27 PM »

Quote from: dshowstapa on Sep 09, 2009 at 01:34 PM

I just read this topic. Grabe andami ko pa namang hindi napapanood sa mga DVDs ko. When I use silica gel ba e guaranteed na hindi magro-rot yung dvd ko?

no,..

its not a guarantee, somehow we still do not know what is really causing the rot on the discs...

honestly, mukhang mas matibay ang jack sparrow discs...

john_jeopardy · « **Reply #122 on:** Oct 04, 2009 at 10:51 AM »

I just checked my collection.. Yung ibang discs nagkaroon ng accumulation of dusts, pero sa surface lang naman.. Yung tipong kumpul-kumpol yung mga alikabok na para na siyang spots.. Sign din ba ito of rotting? Na-wipe ko naman eh.. Although common siya sa mga DVDs na hindi ko madalas i-open.

Some of my CD-Rs naman, may mga spots na talaga, as in kapag hinold mo against the light, light passes through the spots. Alam kong disc rotting na yun. Pero yung mga discs na iyon ay iyong mga pinabayaan ko na talaga. As in they were stacked on top of each other for years na.

bukoy · « **Reply #123 on:** Dec 02, 2009 at 09:34 AM »

Quote from: chimpanshane on Sep 11, 2009 at 11:21 AM

Just bought some Silica Gel pack @ Ace Hardware around 71php..approximately 40 pillows.

I put single pillow of Silica Gel in every DVD's

Guaranteed nakakatulong to keep moisture off, the main cause of fungus, foggy surface build-up

viper · « **Reply #124 on:** Feb 11, 2010 at 05:20 PM »

Kailangan pa bang butasan yung silica gel pillows (pin holes)? Permeable ba yung plastic packaging ng pillows?

chimpanshane · « **Reply #125 on:** Feb 15, 2010 at 09:14 PM »

Quote from: viper on Feb 11, 2010 at 05:20 PM

Kailangan pa bang butasan yung silica gel pillows (pin holes)? Permeable ba yung plastic packaging ng pillows?

its up to you po kung gusto mo pa butasan..pero may maliliit na butas na plastic nung pillows.

viper · « **Reply #126 on:** Feb 17, 2010 at 05:22 PM »

Quote from: chimpanshane on Feb 15, 2010 at 09:14 PM

its up to you po kung gusto mo pa butasan..pero may maliliit na butas na plastic nung pillows.

May butas na pala yung plastic. Anyway, para sigurado, tusukin ko na rin ng aspile or pardible. Thanks.

Moks007 · « **Reply #127 on:** Sep 19, 2010 at 10:46 AM »

Man this really sucks. I just checked my dvds bec. I'm planning to sell them sana. However, a lot have fungus and mold na. Bad trip talaga. Hay I will buy na the dehumidifier and silica gel.

jbluzb · « **Reply #128 on:** Feb 03, 2011 at 07:03 AM »

Thank guys, for the great tip. I think I should also do this to my audio CDs.

jonjon · « **Reply #129 on:** Mar 07, 2011 at 11:12 AM »

How long will the silica gel last? Also yung dehumidifier...Tip naman guys when I should change ung silica gel sa loob ng DVD case, at yung laman nung dehumidifier...TIA

dpogs · « **Reply #130 on:** Mar 07, 2011 at 12:43 PM »

Quote from: jonjon on Mar 07, 2011 at 11:12 AM

How long will the silica gel last? Also yung dehumidifier...Tip naman guys when I should change ung silica gel sa loob ng DVD case, at yung laman nung dehumidifier...TIA

ang alam ko (im not sure)... kapag nagiba na ang kulay ng silica gel (di na siya transparent)... kailangan nang palitan (or ibilad na lang sa araw para di na palitan).

jonjon · « **Reply #131 on:** Mar 07, 2011 at 02:38 PM »

Quote from: dpogs on Mar 07, 2011 at 12:43 PM

ang alam ko (im not sure)... kapag nagiba na ang kulay ng silica gel (di na siya transparent)... kailangan nang palitan (or ibilad na lang sa araw para di na palitan).

Thanks sa tip!!!

frootloops · « **Reply #132 on:** Mar 08, 2011 at 08:05 PM »

Someone told me to buy a junk refrigerator then put a dehumidifier inside.

turismo1997 · « **Reply #133 on:** Mar 09, 2011 at 05:12 AM »

two of my jack sparrows stored in binder went transparent.

jonjon · « **Reply #134 on:** Mar 09, 2011 at 10:57 AM »

Its good that we have topics like this...I just finished putting those silica gels sa lahat ng collection ko...Now ko lang nakita me mga nag sta-start na magmold...Good thing nalilinis pa...Just use yung microfiber cloth, basain nyo lang konti then wipe nyo sa dvd...then dry it off with another miicrofiber cloth na dry...Thanks sa mga dvd gurus here, was able to prolong life span ng dvd collection ko...

Only disadvantage of the silica gel is that you have to let loose your collection...Nabuksan ko na lahat pati steelbooks ko...

Jerricson098 · « **Reply #135 on:** Mar 13, 2011 at 08:12 AM »

problemado na nga aq sa scratch VCD/DVD in my collection, eto pa ang mas matindi. Sigh, but luckily I haven't encountered it yet.

Moks007 · « **Reply #136 on:** Jun 10, 2011 at 05:53 AM »

Quote from: chimpanshane on Sep 11, 2009 at 11:21 AM

Just bought some Silica Gel pack @ Ace Hardware around 71php..approximately 40 pillows.

I put single pillow of Silica Gel in every DVD's

I bought a lot of these

. I just have a question now. Does this product have Cobalt Chloride? I don't wanna freak out or have an anxiety attack

. Thats bec. I have so much dvds and blurays (around 1300 or more surrounding my bedroom and living room

), eh kung Carcinogenic pala. I don't want this stuff in my place.

here is a link
http://www.google.com.ph/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDYQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcobaltchloride.net%2F&rct=j&q=cobalt%20chloride&ei=7lnxTdC_J4iGuQOGmNDPBA&usg=AFQjCNEVeDw2nQBo1djSF72KOR7nAawmGg&cad=rja

What do you guys think?

AICRAG · « **Reply #137 on:** Jun 10, 2011 at 06:34 AM »

kung made in china at walang declaration, i will really think twice of using it.

If it is from US and it is not "declared", most probably it does not contain the said carcinogen. Ang higpit ng US FDA sa mga ganyan. Pag may content at hindi declared yari yung company.

Dan · « **Reply #138 on:** Aug 01, 2012 at 03:24 PM »

So far so good. None of my DVDs seem to be rotting. But I'll make sure to buy more silica gel.

james16 · « **Reply #139 on:** Aug 01, 2012 at 04:08 PM »

Unfortunately 3 dvds have been damaged - R1 (Finding Nemo and Kingdom of Heaven Director's cut) and R3 (Mission Impossible 3)

the wierd is that Finding Nemo and MI3 does not show any evidence of rotting but it does not play to any of my players. Then the Kingdom Of Heaven, especially disc 1 (it formed a clear ring at the middle between the edges and the center) haaayyy...

mahal pa namain sila nung nabili ko yun dti.

shuttertrigger · « **Reply #140 on:** Aug 01, 2012 at 04:11 PM »

will check mine this weekend. Thanks for this thread.

Jerricson098 · « **Reply #141 on:** Sep 25, 2012 at 02:43 PM »

My Inglourious Basterds 2 Disc DVD took the bite and now I threw it away

pandox · « **Reply #142 on:** Oct 25, 2012 at 11:33 PM »

Quote from: james16 on Aug 01, 2012 at 04:08 PM

Unfortunately 3 dvds have been damaged - R1 (Finding Nemo and Kingdom of Heaven Director's cut) and R3 (Mission Impossible 3)

the wierd is that Finding Nemo and MI3 does not show any evidence of rotting but it does not play to any of my players. Then the Kingdom Of Heaven, especially disc 1 (it formed a clear ring at the middle between the edges and the center) haaayyy...

mahal pa namain sila nung nabili ko yun dti.

same thing happened sa MI3 R3 ko, no signs of rotting pero ayaw na mag play sa lahat ng dvd players ko.

Dan · « **Reply #143 on:** Oct 25, 2012 at 11:35 PM »

Quote from: james16 on Aug 01, 2012 at 04:08 PM

Unfortunately 3 dvds have been damaged - R1 (Finding Nemo and Kingdom of Heaven Director's cut) and R3 (Mission Impossible 3)

the wierd is that Finding Nemo and MI3 does not show any evidence of rotting but it does not play to any of my players. Then the Kingdom Of Heaven, especially disc 1 (it formed a clear ring at the middle between the edges and the center) haaayyy...

mahal pa namain sila nung nabili ko yun dti.

Oh no... time to check my Finding Nemo and MI3 dvds....

Kd Jb · « **Reply #144 on:** May 18, 2013 at 08:16 PM »

Starting to experience a lot of this dvd rot. I still keep some dvd as some extra features are not available sa bluray version nila like ung sa fantastic four. Imagine my suprise when i open my copy of ff to see that disc 1 is already rotting. Good 2 yung disc 2 is nababasa pa so i was able to make a back up of it. Nakakatakot namam kung mangyayari din to sa blu collection ko ouch

Arulco · « **Reply #145 on:** May 18, 2013 at 10:19 PM »

Some of my DVDs from +/- 8 years ago have started to rot. I found out about this while I was transferring my entire DVD and CD library into external HDDs when I decided to fully migrate away from optical media this year. The discs that have rotted are only those which I suspect are the low quality made or fake ones.

I have to admit though, that these discs have not been stored in the most ideal conditions.

d4nu65+3R · « **Reply #146 on:** Feb 27, 2015 at 12:30 PM »

bummer. excited hearing about the alien reboot by blomkamp and i had to go and bring out my quadrilogy box set to watch aliens. lo and behold, all discs have swirls.

viper · « **Reply #147 on:** May 04, 2018 at 02:38 PM »

I really need to check my DVDs and CDs on storage (plastic storage boxes). I have silica gel packets included in these containers but I haven't checked on these for the past 3 years. Hope they are still playable. Some of the titles are not available on Iflix, Netflix and Spotify so its really a concern.

Moks007 · « **Reply #148 on:** May 04, 2018 at 05:36 PM »

Yup me too. With the hot and humid weather here, i think our discs are gonners. I already moved a lot of my dvd discs to dvd binders but i think they will still get damaged.

I will be moving my blurays and place it sa discsox sleeves. Ok yun discsox, but expensive.

Binders are too tight for the discs imo

viper · « **Reply #149 on:** Jun 23, 2018 at 10:38 AM »

The heavy downpour last thursday PM (Jun 21,2018) caused water to creep into my boxes that included my stored DVDs. Now, I need to check if any of the discs have been affected. Extreme moisture = DVD rot.